I started my experiments using wheezy and debian packages. Start with a new frugal install of wheezy. Install by PPM libqtgui and its dependencies from debian without libaudio2_1.9.3. Install libqtwebkit and its dependencies. Install from debian pulseaudio and its dependencies without libsystemd-daemon0_44. Now install the missing libaudio2_1.9.3 and libsystemd-daemon0_44 taking them from the debian packages site by browser (not working by PPM). Install pavucontrol by PPM. Right-click /usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper and tick in properties SUID. Open with geany /etc/pulse/default.pa and uncomment the following lines:

The same result can be achieved with spot user.
Boot a frugal regular root install of wheezy: install pulseaudio, skype4.3 and pavucontrol and do the manual changes of the first post. In /root/.spot-status put:

Code:

firefox=false
pulseaudio=true
skype=true

Then in console:

Code:

su spot
pulseaudio --start

Don't close the console. With the pulseaudio daemon started run skype 4.3. When you finish using skype4.3 close it and in the same console:

Code:

pulseaudio --kill

Now you can close the console and you are root again.Last edited by watchdog on Wed 16 Jul 2014, 02:36; edited 1 time in total

I have statically compiled pulseaudio-2.0 in wary 5.3 after installing three packages from debian oldstable. It seems that skype 4.3 is working in wary 5.3, precise 5.7.1 and slacko 5.7 with these installs. I have not hard tested but I did some voip calls using skype 4.3 and my pulseaudio pet in wary, precise and slacko using spot user. It's experimental: try at your own risk and I suggest in a live session.

4SNayak >> No sound with ALSA after recent Skype upgrade_________________>>> Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities. It helps you live a life less trivial <<<Last edited by Semme on Sun 03 Aug 2014, 14:38; edited 1 time in total

The skype-4.3.0.37-w5orig.pet uses qt-4.7.1 libraries and libstdc from the OscarTallks package of skype 4.2 for wary-racy and has been obtained manipulating that package with the new skype. More arrangements can be tested but I stick on my original finding. I was not able to build pulseaudio for lucid and puppy 4.3.2. My packages have been tested working in wary, precise and slacko. I have a pulseaudio package for Dpup Wheezy, too: I added a missing library taking it from wary. If someone is interested I can upload it. As gcmartin says:

Maybe the right procedure is hardware dependent. With my laptop it works. I wish some more feedbacks. I suggest to remove all pulse-related config data and try again. Look at /root, /root/.config, /tmp; delete /root/spot/.pulse and /root/spot/.pulse-cookie. In /tmp you'll find several dirs pulse-related: delete them. Is your sound card a not-standard one? Check if in your /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf there are the following lines:

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